HOPKINS RESEARCH FOR CIA INVOLVED ALLERGIC SUBSTANCES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP88-01315R000300390009-1
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 29, 2004
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: September 2, 1977
• Content Type: NSPR

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The research work at the Hopkins took 'The documents !nspecte'
place between November, 1958, and Au- hero for the Hopkins were.
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sa. Shee gust, .1962, the university sp expense forms. Mr Hewes said. - esif
err tF. Hewu l doll fan, Hob- mated that the outlays recorded on.:tli 7 -
was listed for the cost of the r es~ear h amend Papers averaged about ;4.00 a year.- -_-,.
no names: of Hopkins researchers were She noted wryly that there was an"in=
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Mrs.' Fishbein; the spokesman said ..: *_ . with an $18.26 discrepancy 1; ; s; :r,,;.., a"?
One sheet of paper reportedly did refeF.._.--: One of thesheets'she ? - tl
to an unnamed professor of chemistry .. ` ht
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cation -research and .drug. experiments,ty, and have greater effect'on"pro
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search efforts secretly financed by the in:, the Hopkins study dealt with highly-,allerg.'
Lelligence agency between 1933 and 1964. ,', . is substances; Mr. Hewees said ? *~
In all, about 80 institutions in the. coun..
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i were. Infofrmed by.the- CIA- last mnnth rrf. - rt---
~,.,et -. what department- o1 -te=~naiiversity aright -j
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program. Each 'institution was Invited to have been associated--vn,tg llis w ,?I
Inspect the records:at the'.Northern Vir- Said. - ~? y-.-
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The University .of_ Maryland's involve- cafe how the money forthe Hopkii re-
ment was traced to a 1958 Medical School search was transmitted to the university- .. .
study which may have been aimed at ar-. In light of these facts. Aar- Hewes said,
.resting the spread of cancer cells. there is no way the Hopkins can search its
Records of CIA-finAnced research at own records to obtain more detailed infor?
the. two : universities are vague because, mation about the research, -= ??
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